TW202321929A - Wireless control device capable of realizing the interactive control of the functions between an active micro-home appliance device and a driven micro-home appliance device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a wireless control device, which includes an active micro-home appliance device and a driven micro-home appliance device, wherein the active micro-home appliance device and the driven micro-home appliance device can be structurally matched and connected. In the connected state, when the active micro-home appliance device meets a trigger condition, a trigger signal is automatically generated and wirelessly transmitted to the driven micro-home appliance device to drive the driven micro-home appliance device to produce a specific function; for example, the active micro-home appliance device has an alarm clock function, so that when the alarm time preset by a user is reached, it is preset to meet the trigger condition and the driven micro-home appliance device with lighting function can be driven to emit light, so as to realize the interactive control of the functions between the two, and improve the shortcomings of traditional micro-home appliances that only operate independently.

Description

wireless control device

The present invention relates to a wireless control device, in particular to a wireless control device composed of master/slave micro household electrical appliances, which can be combined in structure and realize the master-slave control function.

In daily life and work, in addition to large appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators, and washing machines, the general public is more frequently exposed to and uses a variety of miniature appliances, such as various small kitchen appliances, cleaning appliances, lighting desk lamps, clocks, fans wait. However, when designing and manufacturing traditional micro-home appliances, they only pay attention to the improvement of the structure, appearance or function of the micro-home appliance, and do not consider the relevance of the home appliance device to other surrounding products. Therefore, various micro-home appliances can only be used independently and not There will be interactive effects with other devices, for example, the lamp itself turns on the lighting according to the user's manual operation, or the chime only sounds at the set time.

In view of the fact that the existing miniature home appliances can only operate independently, the present invention proposes a "wireless control device", which provides a wireless control device that can be combined in structure and can be controlled by master and slave in terms of function.

To achieve the aforementioned purpose, the wireless control device of the present invention includes:

An active miniature home appliance device has a first casing, on which a first assembly part is formed, and a control circuit board is arranged inside the first casing, and the control circuit board is electrically connected to a wireless transmitter device, the wireless transmitter is adjacent to the first connecting part;

A driven miniature home appliance device, which has a second casing, on which a second assembly part is formed, and the second assembly part is used to combine with the first assembly part, and the second assembly part is formed on the second casing. A control circuit board is arranged inside the casing, and the control circuit board is electrically connected to a wireless receiver, and the wireless receiver is adjacent to the second connecting portion;

Wherein, when the control circuit board of the active miniature home appliance device judges that a trigger condition is met, the wireless transmitter outputs an infrared trigger signal; when the wireless receiver of the slave miniature home appliance device receives the infrared trigger signal, its control The circuit board activates the driven micro household appliance device to perform a function.

The active micro-home appliance device and the driven micro-home appliance device of the present invention can be combined and separated from each other, and can be operated and used independently, or can be combined with the active micro-home appliance device as the master control device, which will automatically generate when the preset trigger conditions are met. A wireless trigger signal to control the driven micro-home appliance device to produce a specific functional response; for example, the active micro-home appliance device is an alarm clock with a timing function, and when the time reaches the alarm time, the wireless trigger signal is output to control the driven micro-home appliance device Such as fans/lights/rotating furniture, etc., generate various action responses to prompt users, improve the shortcomings of traditional single-unit operation of small home appliances, and improve the practicability and fun of home appliances.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , the present invention is a wireless control device, which includes an active micro home appliance device 100 and a driven micro home appliance device 200, wherein the active micro home appliance device 100 and the driven micro home appliance device 200 can operate independently and To generate their respective functions, the active micro household electrical appliance device 100 and the driven micro household electrical appliance device 200 can also be structurally assembled to each other, so that when the assembled active micro household electrical appliance device 100 meets a preset trigger condition, it will automatically Generate a wireless signal to trigger and drive the driven micro household appliance device 200 .

The active micro household appliance device 100 has a first casing 10, and a first assembly part 11 is formed on the top surface of the first casing 10. In this embodiment, the first casing 10 is a cubic box. , the first connecting portion 11 is a protruding portion for combining with the driven micro household electrical appliance device 200 . A control circuit board 30a is disposed inside the first housing 10, and the functions of the active micro household appliance device 100 are determined by the control circuit board 30a. The function of the control circuit board 30a will be further described later.

The driven micro household appliance device 200 has a second casing 20, and a second assembly portion 21 is formed on the bottom surface of the second casing 20. In this embodiment, the shape of the second casing 20 is roughly the same as The first casing 10 has the same shape and is also a cubic box. The second assembly part 21 is a groove formed by shrinking the bottom surface of the second casing 20, which can be connected with the first casing. The first assembly parts 11 of 10 are matched and assembled with each other. A control circuit board 30b is arranged inside the second casing 20, and the function of the driven micro-home appliance device 200 is determined by the control circuit board 30b, and the function of the driven micro-home appliance device 200 and the active micro-home appliance device 100 different from each other.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a circuit block diagram of the control circuit boards 30a and 30b. The present invention sets the same hardware electronic components on the control circuit boards 30a and 30b, but according to the driven micro appliance device 200 and the active micro The respective functions of the home appliance device 100 activate appropriate electronic components, and different control software programs are written into the control circuit boards 30a, 30b. The hardware configuration of the control circuit boards 30a, 30b includes:

A processing unit 31 is responsible for the control and signal processing of each electronic component on the control circuit board 30a, 30b, and a control software program is stored in the processing unit 31;

A wireless receiver 32, connected to the input end of the processing unit 31, can receive a wireless signal and transmit it to the processing unit 31, the wireless receiver 32 can be an infrared receiver, and the wireless signal can be an infrared signal;

A wireless transmitter 33, connected to the output end of the processing unit 31, can transmit a wireless signal externally, and the wireless transmitter 33 can be an infrared receiver for transmitting an infrared signal;

An input encoder (encoder) 34 is connected to the input end of the processing unit 31. The input encoder 34 can be used as a multi-stage switch operated by the user, and generates different encoded signals to the processing unit as the user switches operations step by step. 31, so that the processing unit 31 generates corresponding control functions according to the encoded signal; for example, the input encoder 34 is used as an operating element for the user to adjust the color temperature and brightness of the light, and when the user switches segment by segment, it can generate corresponding Different coded signals, these coded signals are output to the processing unit 31, so that the processing unit 31 generates different control signals for driving the light-emitting elements;

A clock signal receiving port 35 is connected to the input end of the processing unit 31, and the processing unit 31 can receive a clock signal generated by the clock through the clock signal receiving port 35;

A light-emitting unit 36 is connected to the output end of the processing unit 31. The light-emitting unit 36 may include a status indicator light (such as a power indicator light) made of LEDs, and a light-emitting lamp panel formed by a plurality of LED arrangements. The light-emitting unit 36 is configured according to the The control signal output by the processing unit 31 changes the light emitting state, such as color temperature, brightness, etc.;

A motor signal output port 37 is connected to the output end of the processing unit 31 , and the processing unit 31 can send a driving signal to a motor through the motor signal output port 37 .

In the first embodiment shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the active micro home appliance device 100 is a clock as an example, and the driven micro home appliance device 200 is a lighting fixture as an example, both of which can operate independently, for example The front of the driven micro household appliance device 200 is provided with a light-emitting unit 36, and the top surface is provided with a rotary knob 28 for the user to operate. The rotary knob 28 is connected to the input encoder 34 of the control circuit board 30b. Button 28 to change the encoded signal generated by the input encoder 34, thereby controlling the brightness and color temperature of the lighting fixture. Wherein, the wireless transmitter 33 of the active micro household electrical appliance device 100 is disposed adjacent to the top surface of the first housing 10, and the wireless receiver 32 of the driven micro household electrical appliance device 200 is disposed adjacent to the top surface of the second housing 20. On the top surface, when the first connecting portion 11 of the first housing 10 is correspondingly assembled with the second connecting portion of the second housing 20 , the position of the wireless transmitter 33 is relative to the wireless receiver 32 .

The control circuit board 30a of the active micro household appliance device 100 receives a clock signal (such as the clock time set by the user) through the clock signal receiving port 35, and triggers the wireless transmitter when the processing unit 31 receives the clock signal 33. The wireless transmitter 33 outputs a wireless trigger signal. Once the wireless receiver 32 of the driven micro household appliance device 200 receives the wireless trigger signal, the processing unit 31 on the internal control circuit board 30b outputs a driving signal to the light emitting unit 36, and controls the LED in the light emitting unit 36 to generate Specific lighting effects when operating independently, such as making the lighting unit 36 produce a flickering effect.

Therefore, the active micro-home appliance device 100 and the driven micro-home appliance device 200 can be stacked and combined structurally, and the active micro-home appliance device 100 will actively send out a signal to drive the slave micro-home appliance device 200 at the preset alarm time. Produce special lighting effects, as another means to remind the time, and realize the purpose of master-slave control in terms of function.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, please refer to Fig. 4, the active micro household electrical appliance device 100 is an example of a clock, the driven micro household electrical appliance device 200 is a fan as an example, the wireless transmission of the two The setting positions of the device 33 and the wireless receiver 32 are as described in the previous embodiment. The difference is that a fan motor and a fan blade 22 are arranged inside the second casing 20, and the fan motor is used to drive the fan blade 22. When the driven micro household appliance device 200 receives the infrared trigger signal, the driven micro household appliance device The processing unit 31 inside the device 200 outputs a drive signal to the fan motor through the motor signal output port 37 , and the fan motor can drive the fan blade 22 to rotate after the fan motor is started.

As shown in FIG. 5 , in this embodiment, the driven micro household appliance device 200 is a merry-go-round home decoration, and a motor 23 is arranged inside the second casing 20, and the motor 23 is used to drive a turntable 24. A plurality of powerful magnets 25 are scattered on the turntable 24 , and a plurality of iron balls 26 corresponding to the powerful magnets 25 are placed on the top surface of the second casing 20 . When the driven micro household appliance device 200 receives the infrared trigger signal, the processing unit 31 inside the driven micro household appliance device 200 will output a drive signal to the motor 23 through the motor signal output port 37, and the motor 23 will drive the turntable 24 to rotate. The powerful magnet 24 on the turntable 23 rotates on the top surface of the second casing 20 corresponding to the adsorption iron ball 26, simulating the dynamic change of the merry-go-round.

Through the description of the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the types of the active micro-home appliance device 100 and the driven micro-home appliance device 200, as long as the active micro-home appliance device 100 automatically generates a trigger signal under the preset trigger conditions , can control the driven micro-home appliance device 200 to generate corresponding motions, so that the two have more correlation and interaction in terms of functions, and increase the practicability and interest of the micro-home appliance device. On the other hand, the control circuit board of the present invention as shown in FIG. 3 can be used as a general-purpose circuit board for different types of active micro-home appliance devices 100 and driven micro-home appliance devices 200 to enable appropriate electronic components and write corresponding electronic components according to their functions. The control program is enough, so it can also reduce the development and design cost of the control circuit.

100:Active micro appliance device 200: Driven miniature appliances 10: The first shell 11: The first group of joints 20: Second shell 21: The second group connection 22: fan blade 23: motor 24: turntable 25: Strong magnet 26: iron ball 28:Rotary knob 30a, 30b: control circuit board 31: Processing unit 32: Wireless receiver 33: Wireless transmitter 34: Input encoder 35: clock signal receiving port 36: Lighting unit 37: Motor signal output port

Fig. 1: A combined schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the active micro-home appliance device and the driven micro-home appliance device in the wireless control device of the present invention, wherein the driven micro-home appliance device is a lamp. Fig. 2: Another combination schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the active micro-home appliance device and the driven micro-home appliance device in the wireless control device of the present invention. Fig. 3: A block diagram of the control circuit in the active micro-home appliance device and the driven micro-home appliance device of the present invention. Fig. 4: A combined schematic diagram of the second embodiment of the active micro-home appliance device and the driven micro-home appliance device in the wireless control device of the present invention, wherein the driven micro-home appliance device is a fan. Fig. 5: A combined schematic diagram of the third embodiment of the active micro-home appliance device and the driven micro-home appliance device in the wireless control device of the present invention, wherein the driven micro-home appliance device is a carousel.

100:Active micro appliance device

200: Driven miniature appliances

10: The first shell

11: The first group of joints

20: Second shell

28:Rotary knob

30a, 30b: control circuit board

33: Wireless transmitter

36: Lighting unit

Claims (6)

A wireless control device comprising: An active miniature home appliance device has a first casing, on which a first assembly part is formed, and a control circuit board is arranged inside the first casing, and the control circuit board is electrically connected to a wireless transmitter device, the wireless transmitter is adjacent to the first connecting portion; A driven miniature home appliance device, which has a second casing, on which a second assembly part is formed, and the second assembly part is used to combine with the first assembly part, and the second assembly part is formed on the second casing. A control circuit board is arranged inside the casing, and the control circuit board is electrically connected to a wireless receiver, and the wireless receiver is adjacent to the second connecting portion; Wherein, when the control circuit board of the active miniature home appliance device judges that a trigger condition is met, the wireless transmitter outputs a wireless trigger signal; when the wireless receiver of the slave miniature home appliance device receives the wireless trigger signal, the slave The control circuit board of the moving micro-home appliance device activates the driven micro-home appliance device to perform a function. The wireless control device according to claim 1, wherein the first connecting portion is a protrusion formed on the top surface of the first casing; the second connecting portion is formed on the second casing A groove in the bottom surface. As the wireless control device described in claim 1 or 2, the wireless transmitter is an infrared transmitter; the wireless receiver is an infrared receiver. The wireless control device as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein: The active micro household appliance device has a clock function, and its control circuit board has: A processing unit, responsible for the control and signal processing of each electronic component on the control circuit board; A clock signal receiving port connected to the input end of the processing unit; when the processing unit receives a clock signal through the clock signal receiving port, it is determined that the trigger condition is met; The driven micro household appliance device has a lighting function, and its control circuit board has: A processing unit, responsible for the control and signal processing of each electronic component on the control circuit board; An input encoder, connected to the input end of the processing unit of the driven micro-electric appliance, the input encoder generates different coded signals to the processing unit of the driven micro-electric appliance according to the operation of the user, so that the driven micro The processing unit of the household appliance outputs different control signals; A light-emitting unit is connected to the output end of the processing unit. The light-emitting unit includes a light-emitting lamp board composed of a plurality of LED arrays. The light-emitting lamp board changes its light-emitting mode according to the control signal of the processing unit of the driven micro household appliance device. The wireless control device as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein: The active micro household appliance device has a clock function, and its control circuit board has: A processing unit, responsible for the control and signal processing of each electronic component on the control circuit board; A clock signal receiving port, connected to the input end of the processing unit, when the processing unit receives a clock signal through the clock signal receiving port, it is determined that the trigger condition is met; The driven micro appliance device has a fan function, and its control circuit board has: A processing unit, responsible for the control and signal processing of each electronic component on the control circuit board; An input encoder, connected to the input end of the processing unit of the driven micro household electrical appliance device, the input encoder generates different coded signals to the processing unit of the driven micro household electrical appliance device according to the user's operation; A motor signal output port is connected to the output end of the processing unit of the driven micro household electrical appliance device, and is used to send a driving signal to a fan motor. The wireless control device as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein: The active micro household appliance device has a clock function, and its control circuit board has: A processing unit, responsible for the control and signal processing of each electronic component on the control circuit board; A clock signal receiving port, connected to the input end of the processing unit, when the processing unit receives a clock signal through the clock signal receiving port, it is determined that the trigger condition is met; The driven miniature home appliance device has the function of a merry-go-round horse. A turntable is arranged inside the second casing, and a plurality of powerful magnets are dispersedly arranged on the turntable. These powerful magnets are used to correspond to a plurality of iron balls on the top surface of the second casing. Mutual attraction, wherein, the control circuit board of the driven miniature home appliance device has: A processing unit, responsible for the control and signal processing of each electronic component on the control circuit board; A motor signal output port is connected to the output end of the processing unit of the driven micro household electrical appliance device, and is used to send a driving signal to a motor, and the motor is connected to the turntable.

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